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Treat your muscle car to a taste of the good life
Fine food and wine, five-star accommodations, picturesque destinations and… muscle cars? With entry fees for top-shelf muscle cars commonly starting at $50,000, it stands to reason that the people who are buying them these days have upmarket tastes.
Designed to satisfy even the most haute of appetites, next month's Muscle Car 1000 in Northern California is a six-day, all-inclusive, luxury adventure that brings muscle cars and the people who love them together for a sampling of exceptional hotels and resorts, gourmet meals, fine wines, private tours and a few rounds of the sport of kings… drag racing.
The good news is that it's a charity event with half of the proceeds going to benefit the Hunger Relief Organization. However, in order to keep out the riff-raff, organizers have established some entry criteria and reserve the right to reject applicants.
For more information, check out www.musclecar1000.com.
(This post originally appeared in the September 25, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Migden fails again
While we're usually happy to develop an opinion on a piece of legislation on a moment's notice, we're still not sure if the defeat of California's SB 1059 is good for car owners, or not. "An act to add
Section 758.6 to the Insurance Code, relating to insurance," has been hotly debated in the state Senate since Senator Migden introduced it in
January. The bill "Makes it unlawful for an insurer to require the installation of an 'aftermarket part' on a vehicle if the part to be replaced is under the existing original manufacturer's warranty, unless
the aftermarket parts are required to be used under the terms of the claimant's insurance contract, for up to three years from the date the
vehicle is sold as new." In addition, it contains a clause that would compel insurers to "expressly notify the insured whether the insurance
contract allows for the use of aftermarket parts, and that the use of
these parts may affect the insured's vehicle manufacturer's warranty."
On the one hand, anything that helps contain insurance rates we like; on
the other, "There is an ongoing battle between original motor vehicle
manufacturers, and insurers and non-OEM parts manufacturers, about the quality, price, performance and safety of the use of non-OEM aftermarket parts in the auto repair industry. Non-OEM parts used in repairs may include aftermarket parts made by companies other than the vehicle manufacturer or its licensees, used or salvage OEM parts that have been
recycled, and remanufactured parts that have been returned to 'like new' condition by repairing, remachining or rebuilding. Non-OEM aftermarket
parts generally are reverse engineered or copied from a sampling of OEM parts."
After a third reading on May 22, the bill was refused passage by one vote. Migden asked for a motion to reconsider, which passed unanimously,
so expect to see it come up again, and expect to see more intensive lobbying from insurance and consumer groups, versus trade organizations
such as Keystone Automotive, Automotive Body Parts Association and Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association.
(This post originally appeared in the June 5, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
When California didn't care
Today they're a hotbed of cutting-edge automobile legislation, particularly where emissions are concerned, but California was the Wild West 100 years ago. Starting in 1905, the Secretary of State began to move licensing and registration from the counties to create a statewide system. Owners paid a $2 fee and were issued a circular tag, which had to be "conspicuously displayed" on their vehicle. Later, tags were either octagonal or had scalloped edges. In addition, they had to display the license number on the rear of the vehicle in three-inch-high black letters on a white background. Some owners also painted numbers on headlamp lenses. Vehicle registration prerequisites included satisfactory lamps, good brakes, and either a bell or a horn.
The first vehicle to be registered under the new statewide law was a White steamer owned by John D. Spreckels of San Francisco. His, however, was not the first automobile in California: On May 11, 1902, the San Francisco Sunday Call recorded there were 117 motor vehicles in use in the city. Six years earlier, the same paper reported that Charles L. Fir owned the city's only horseless carriage. By 1905, 17,015 vehicles were registered in California.
(This post originally appeared in the May 22, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Get your plates on
Last spring, we covered the introduction of California's A.B. No. 462, which proposed to extend the range of cars eligible to use California's desirable year-correct black plates. Astute reader Richard Rightler wrote in this weekend to let us know that Governor Schwarzenegger signed an amended version into law on October 11.
As chaptered, Section 5004.1 of the Vehicle Code is amended to authorize correct model year/date of year plates for a "vehicle that is a 1969 or older model-year or the owner of a commercial vehicle or pickup truck that is a 1972 or older model year. The bill would also increase the amount of the application fee to $45."
There are other fees for transferring a black plate, and an additional regular and expired renewal fee. You were expecting something for nothing? The act takes effect on July 1, 2009.
(This post originally appeared in the November 29, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Bad driver, no donuts
We admit it: As youths, we were known to engage in the occasional parking lot hijinks, and yes, Officer Opie sometimes looked askance, but as it tended to be in an empty lot in the dead of night, we never got more than a "Cut it out, and don't let me see you crazy kids here again," sort of lecture.
California, land of freedom, has been trying to convince their law enforcement to take more drastic action to reduce what they call "motor-vehicle speed contests," "reckless driving on a highway," "reckless driving in an off-street parking facility," and "exhibitions of speed."
SB 69 is an "urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace," and authorizes an officer to "immediately arrest and take into custody that person and may cause the removal and seizure of the motor vehicle used in that offense."
The full text of the measure and an analysis of the recent history of California's "sideshow" ordinances can be found at thenewspaper.com.
(This post originally appeared in the September 6, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
street racing in the '80s: Mulholland Drive
California, before 10-20 years ago, had to have been a great place to live. Easygoing cops, little traffic, hot cars and street racing on Mulholland Drive. Local authorities and the turn of attitudes against street racing have since combined with overpopulation and thick traffic to effectively strangle away all the race activity, but the stories – particularly of the Chris Banning choptop Porsche RSR pictured above – live on, both in Banning's recent book, "The Mulholland Experience," and in a thread over at the Pelican Parts Porsche forum. A sample:
Charlie (RIP) was indeed pretty crazy. The more he drank, the faster he would drive- it was the weirdest NON – M.A.D.D. thing one could think of.
I had a mini cooper S with radials and was having some fun up there in the rain. Fancying myself as Paddy Hopkirk, another friend in his built up 510 (also on radials ) we're having a great time. Out of nowhere we hear what sounded like the entire A Production grid at Riverside raceway. Yep, Charlie was on straight pipes and making a run…. on 13″ wide slicks no less. Uh, he went by us like we were tied to the proverbial pole. And even with some well timed drifts and more aggressive driving we were left in about 4 turns worth of road… in the rain.
The thread's going strong at about 72 pages, and it's not just about Porsches going up and down Mulholland. Makes for an entertaining read.
Now, anybody want to loan me a copy of King of the Mountain?
(Thanks, Curt, for the tip!)
Heart of Darkness
The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers is worried: With more and more states looking at enacting their own emissions and fuel economy standards in the face of a recalcitrant Federal government, the AIAM has gone into the lion's den: California.
On Tuesday, May 22, led by their director of government affairs, Paul D. Ryan, AIAM lobbyists made an all-out assault on the California legislature, swarming state lawmakers and Governor Schwarzenegger's office to promote their particular vision of the future.
In a daylong effort, they talked about their impact on California's economy, as well as technologies currently in auto showrooms and under development. They even brought several gasoline-electric hybrid, compressed natural gas and fuel-cell vehicles for lawmakers to examine. California leads the country in hybrid vehicle purchases, accounting for 26.5 percent of the hybrid vehicles sold in the United States in 2006.
"Many do not realize the significant presence AIAM members have in California, so it is important that we make an effort to educate state officials about all the work being done in their backyard to bring advanced technology vehicles to the marketplace," said Ryan. According to AIAM, members in California directly employ 18,000 people and operate 76 separate facilities, including four manufacturing facilities, seven headquarters offices, nineteen R&D centers, and seven financial service operations.
Will it be enough to sway the internationally influential California Air Resources Board? Unlikely, but that doesn't mean that when your state contemplates addressing automobile pollution you shouldn't expect AIAM to turn up in your backyard, too.
(This post originally appeared in the May 24, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Black Plate Boogaloo
The California black (license) plate is one of those indefinable symbols of autodom that can't be replicated. Currently authorized by the state for pre-1963 vehicles, it's hugely evocative of an era of American motoring that goes right to the heart of the hobby.
Which is why California A.B. No. 462, "An act to amend Section 5004.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles," is such an emotional issue. A.B. 462 "allows the owner of a vehicle from the 1969 model year and earlier, or the owner of a commercial vehicle or a pickup truck that is a 1972 or older model, to display vintage license plates corresponding to the vehicle's year of manufacture." According to the bill's sponsor, House Minority leader Michael Villines (R, Fresno): "Vehicles sold between 1962 and
1969 were originally issued black-and-gold plates but do not qualify for the display of year-of-manufacture plates. Without the ability to display vintage license plates on these automobiles, many of which are now collector items, their owners are effectively precluded from fully restoring these vehicles to their original condition." Supporters also contend that it would "keep American
classic cars truly historical and near original condition," and "would help to preserve antique automobiles by ensuring they represent the true year of their manufacture."
On April 9, the Committee on Transportation heard Assemblyman Villines read the bill, and referred it to the Committee on Appropriations with a 12-0 "Do Pass" recommendation. However, then-Governor Gray Davis vetoed a similar bill, A.B. 2058, in 2000, saying: "The purpose of the vehicle license plate is for identification and registration purposes only. The issuance of vehicle
license plates is not to enhance the beauty or value of a vehicle." Several other similar bills have also died for one reason or another (including veto), so there's no telling where A.B. 462 will end up. "State government should not stand in the way of car owners who want to utilize the authentic license plates that reflect the year when their classic cars first hit the streets,"
Villines said. "Permitting owners of classic cars from the 1960s and early 1970s to display vintage plates will finally allow them the satisfaction of having a fully-restored piece of California history." Contact Rep. Villines at 916-319-2029 to have your
(This post originally appeared in the April 19, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Warm California…smog
Boy, does this one have the hobby in California in a tizzy. California A.B. No. 616 is in the Committee on Transportation right now,
and "would require the department (of Consumer Affairs) to incorporate annual inspection of motor vehicles 15 or greater model years
old into the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program by July 1, 2008, and would require funds generated through additional
inspection fees to be deposited into the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account. Because violations of the smog-check program are a
crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program."
Any time a legislature even thinks about emissions testing for collector cars, car owners think the trumpet of doom is sounding, but
it's worth taking a look at the statute in question, CA Health and Safety Code
44012.5, that the bill would amend.
41011(7)(C) already states that, "any collector motor vehicle, as defined in Section 259 of the Vehicle Code, is exempt from those
portions of the test required by subdivision (f) of Section 44012 if the collector motor vehicle meets all of the following
criteria: (1) Submission of proof that the motor vehicle is insured as a collector motor vehicle, as shall be required by regulation
of the bureau. (2) The motor vehicle is at least 35 model-years old. (3) The motor vehicle complies with the exhaust emissions
standards for that motor vehicle's class and model-year as prescribed by the department, and the motor vehicle passes a functional
inspection of the fuel cap and a visual inspection for liquid fuel leaks." A.B. 616 will not affect this section.
Further, 44013(C) says, "Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the maximum emission standards and test procedures
prescribed in subdivisions (a) and (b) for a motor vehicle class and model-year shall not be more stringent than the emission
standards and test procedures under which that motor vehicle's class and model-year was certified."
Yes, it's possible that annual emissions standards for cars over 15 years old could be enacted. But this is not aimed as a blow at
the hobby, but rather at the disgusting, broken-down used-car market that thrives in California's metropolitan areas. Any reasonably
well-maintained collector car should be able to pass emissions test for the year in which it was built; the hard part would
actually be finding a shop with that equipment, but that's another matter.
Further reading:
Vehicle Code Section 5050-5052, Collector cars: "The Legislature finds and declares that constructive leisure pursuits by California
citizens is most important. This article is intended to encourage responsible participation in the hobby of collecting, preserving,
restoring, and maintaining motor vehicles of historic and special interest, which hobby contributes to the enjoyment of the citizen
and the preservation of California's automotive memorabilia."
Vehicle Code Section 259: "Collector motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle owned by a collector, as defined in subdivision (a) of
Section 5051, and the motor vehicle is used primarily in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for
display, maintenance, and preservation, and is not used primarily for transportation."
(This post originally appeared in the March 8, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
A lesson in getting your motorcycle endorsement
As the Terminator, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger never needed a motorcycle license, but in the real world he should probably apply for one.
In case you haven't heard the news in the last week, the Governator —
Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of the State of California — collided with a car while riding his Harley-Davidson equipped with a sidecar.
The good news is that neither Schwarzenegger, nor his 12-year-old son
Patrick, who was riding in the sidecar, was seriously injured in the
accident which occured near Schwarzenegger's Brentwood home. The bad news is that while
Schwarzenegger likely paid close to $30,000 for his motorcycle, he never
bothered to invest the $26 in a valid motorcycle license.
The Associated Press reports that when a reporter asked Schwarzenegger why
he wasn't carrying a valid license, he responded, "I just never really
applied for it. It was just one of those things I never really did."
To get an M-1 (any motorized two-wheeled vehicle) or M-2 (moped or motorized
bicycle) endorsement, candidates must pay the $26 application fee and either
pass a Department of Motor Vehicle skills test or take a motorcycle training
course from a program approved by the California Highway Patrol.
Driving a motorcycle without the proper license is an infraction that can
result in fines ranging from $100 to $250 or more.
According to the AP, Schwarzenegger said he had a motorcycle license when he
lived in Europe, but never thought about getting another one after he
emigrated to the United States in 1968.
(This post originally appeared in the January 12, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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Fed Calls Out Saxon Mortgage Over Foreclosure Violations
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) has announced a consent order against Morgan Stanley to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence in residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing at its subsidiary, Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. Morgan Stanley sold a substantial portion of the assets of Saxon to Ocwen Financial Corporation on April 2, 2012, and has taken other actions to cease to conduct residential mortgage servicing. Prior to the completion of these actions, Saxon was the 34th largest mortgage servicer in the nation.
The consent order requires Morgan Stanley to retain an independent consultant to review foreclosure proceedings initiated by Saxon that were pending at any time in 2009 or 2010. The review is intended to provide remediation to borrowers who suffered financial injury as a result of wrongful foreclosures or other deficiencies identified in a review of the foreclosure process. The foreclosure review will be conducted in a manner consistent with the reviews currently underway at several large mortgage servicers that consented to enforcement actions brought by the banking agencies last year.
If Morgan Stanley re-enters the mortgage servicing business while the consent order is in effect, it will be required to implement enhanced corporate governance, risk management, compliance, borrower communication, servicing, and foreclosure practices comparable to what the mortgage servicers subject to the 2011 enforcement actions were required to implement.
As noted in the announcements relating to the 2011 enforcement actions, the Federal Reserve believes monetary sanctions are appropriate and plans to announce monetary penalties in these cases. The monetary penalties against Morgan Stanley will be in addition to the corrective actions that Morgan Stanley will be taking pursuant to the consent order action. Morgan Stanley has acknowledged that it will be responsible for satisfying any civil money penalty that the FRB's Board of Governors could have assessed against Saxon for its conduct.
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September 30, 2009 - 01:29 PM ET
By David Jonas
SkyTeam expects "a major step forward" by next month when alliance co-founder Delta Air Lines begins participating in SkyTeam Global Meetings, providing travel agencies, which this year were enabled to offer the program, with the ability to proffer "a huge U.S. and Canadian network," said SkyTeam director of sales Jerome d'Anglejan.
Meanwhile, rival Star Alliance this month introduced a new program for meeting planners. The third primary global airline alliance, oneworld, discontinued its program for organizers of large-scale conferences and conventions after determining that "our individual member airlines were able to look after the vast majority of the needs of this market," according to a spokesman.
The extent to which alliance meetings programs are in demand by multinational organizations is unclear, given travel buyers' mixed perceptions of alliances as viable global suppliers. SkyTeam officials would not provide information on the number of events the meetings program managed, and Star Alliance did not respond to inquiries.
Yvonne Long, senior vice president of North America-based group air specialist Air Fulfillment Services, said corporations "definitely" should explore new air programs for meetings, incentives and group travel, including alliance offers, as they may provide additional savings beyond those realized from existing corporate travel discounts. "Very few people understand group air," corporate discounts and the opportunities that lie between the two programs, she said. Those who ignore the new options "are missing out big time" on savings related to airfares, free tickets earned through volume purchasing and cancellation and ticket change policies.
Looking At The Logistics
SkyTeam created Global Meetings in June 2006. By October 2006, Air France became the first member carrier to begin selling the program and the alliance established an online booking tool for meeting attendees to book discounted rates. Those discounts--5 percent for economy-class tickets and 10 percent for business-class tickets--are not negotiable, d'Anglejan said, noting that one free ticket is issued for every 50 booked. To apply for the program, an event must have at least 150 participants traveling from at least three countries (excluding the event destination). "The USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean are considered part of a single entity: North America," according to SkyTeam information. Eligible events include "professional trade shows, trade exhibitions, conventions, congresses, meetings, incentive programs, training courses, in-house seminars and product launches; sport, political and religious meetings are not usually considered by SkyTeam Global Meetings."
Upon receiving an application, one SkyTeam partner carrier will provide to the event planner a single point of contact. Once an event is in the system, meeting attendees use a unique event code to register and book discounted tickets in the online booking tool. Registration sites can be tailored for each event and allow planners to handle logistics "through one central source," according to SkyTeam.
"Each airline in SkyTeam now has an objective to offer its customers this functionality," d'Anglejan explained, though not every partner is required to participate.
Delta's inclusion in SkyTeam Global Meetings will follow by two months a formal announcement of its own meetings program, Delta Meeting Network, resulting from the Delta-Northwest Airlines merger.
According to SkyTeam information, an event organizer contracting with the alliance will, where applicable, "display on its event Web site a SkyTeam logo with a dynamic link to the SkyTeam Global Meetings Web site" and "provide a free, full-page, full-color advertisement in the event's catalogue."
Targeting The Trade
The newest phase of the program, indirect selling via travel agencies began at the beginning of 2009. D'Anglejan said alliance members on each continent determine which travel agencies specialized in meetings, incentives, conferences and events will be offered access. He also said "some" of the largest global travel management companies can offer the program to clients.
Meanwhile, SkyTeam this year also began using a new tool to communicate with event organizers around the world, according to d'Anglejan.
SkyTeam currently does not offer integrated programs encompassing corporate transient travel contracts--which include airfare discounts based on volume--and meetings travel. "We take a different approach in the MICE industry," d'Anglejan said. "We may be thinking about that in the future, but so far SkyTeam corporate contracts are on one side and SkyTeam Global Meetings are on the other."
Star, Lufthansa Fly Into Meetings Sector
Though Star Alliance for eight years has offered a program specifically for convention organizers and travelers, it did not offer until this month a program for the wider meetings markets. Applicable for "most meetings of 50 people or more, with attendees originating in at least three different countries," the new program includes an online request for proposals, coordination through one member carrier, discounts between "10 percent and 20 percent," and bookings through the meeting planner's "appointed travel agency," according to Star Alliance.
Different conditions apply for meetings held in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa, and Star members ANA, LOT Polish Airlines, South African Airways and Thai Airways currently do not participate.
In addition to its participation in Star Alliance Meetings Plus, alliance co-founder Lufthansa last month introduced its own online booking tool for group and meetings travel. The tool displays "negotiated discounted fares as well as any applicable sale fares in the participants' local currency," according to Lufthansa, and also provides bookings for codeshare flights operated by Lufthansa partners.
"Event organizers who are hosting their participants' travel can use either the online tool or book through their preferred travel management company," according to the airline.
Lufthansa's meetings and events program also includes "an event-dedicated Web page" and is applicable for "groups large and small, from corporate meetings to association gatherings, trade fairs, sporting or cultural events."
BTN named its annual list
of Best Practitioners in July. Along with our Travel Manager of the Year, these
four individuals elevated the practice of travel management. Their best
practices and innovation initiatives have changed the course of travel
management for their organizations and portend travel management trends for
others. BTN sat with Travel Manager of the Year, Eric Bailey, who is
Microsoft global travel and venue group lead, as well as Cisco Systems director
of global travel Susan Lichtenstein, Fore founder and Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation senior manager of global travel Pam Massey, BP global travel
services procurement manager Lisa Stanford and T-Mobile travel, expense and
card senior manager Robert Jacobsen.
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BCD Travel signed a long-term agreement with
tripBAM and plans to offer the tool to its clients.
In the wake
of a 2014 joint-venture deal with Singapore-based real estate developer
Mapletree Group that was designed to facilitate aggressive global expansion, serviced
apartment provider Oakwood Worldwide is widening its network in
Canada, Latin America, the Asia/Pacific region and the United States. The
company also is three years into an eight-year preferred-provider agreement
with Marriott International. Oakwood director of sales David Holt spoke to BTN
lodging editor Julie Sickel about the company's evolution and its plan for the
Cvent Blue Release, Cvent Express and mobile
meetings apps were on the docket when BTN
editorial director David Meyer sat down with Cvent senior vice president of marketing
Eric Eden during the Cvent Connect conference at Las Vegas' MGM Grand, which
drew almost 2,500 attendees. Most of the 1,600 meetings buyers among them were
corporate, like Cvent's client base, which also includes several thousand
association, government and not-for-profit clients.
Over the past 12 years, Turkish Airlines has
increased its fleet size nearly sixfold from 55 aircraft to almost 300,
enabling it to fly "more countries than any other airline in the world." BTN
transportation editor Michael B. Baker visited the carrier's headquarters in
Istanbul, where a new airport slated to begin a phased opening in a few years
will give the carrier the capability to expand even further. Turkish Airlines
chief marketing officer Ahmet Olmustur
spoke about the airline's growth plans, particularly in the U.S. corporate
segment, as well as upcoming technology and sales staff.
U.S. Bank is putting its money where its
technology is thriving. The bank has made a two-year, multimillion-dollar
investment to upgrade its Access Online commercial card management system and
mobile app. It also restructured earlier this year, switching from a
product-specific operations model to a customer-specific one. Mary Miklethun, head
of commercial card product and marketing for large market and public sector,
spoke about
those changes, tech investments and her newest responsibilities. An edited
transcript follows.
Strategic meetings management has been on the
corporate radar for well over...


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The Arizona Cardinals are coming off their eighth straight loss this this week, but it's not for lack of good defense. Defensive coordinator Ray Horton has consistently put this team in a position to succeed by having his defense ready to play each week.
"I just think that he has us very prepared, the way he breaks down film, he breaks down teams and tells us their tendencies," defensive tackle Dan Williams said of Horton. "It makes your job a little easier to have a coach that really breaks down film well."
The Cardinals limited the Jets to just seven points and 289 yards of offense, and forced four turnovers on the day.
Williams tallied a team-leading 10 tackles against New York, including six solo stops.
"Coach Horton had a great game plan coming into the game; I think for the most part we did do a good job executing the game plan," Williams said. "The Jets made a few good plays but for the most part we stuck with Coach Horton's game plan and it worked out good for us. We just didn't get the W."
Even dating back to the end of last season Horton's name has appeared in rumors and conversations regarding head coaching positions. His game planning and scheme on the defensive side of the ball have made him an attractive target.
"If you look at it, you pretty much know what the other team is going to do and he just does a great job," said Williams. "The whole defensive staff, they do a great job of preparing us each week."
The Cardinals rank seventh in total team defense and third in passing defense, with the only real negative being the run defense, which ranks 24th in the NFL allowing nearly 129 yards rushing per game.
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Elliot Wave - Wave 3 down---here we go!!, Mini Wave 2 up should be over....
Yesterday the Dow Jones closed up 0.04% while the S&P500 Closed down -0.02%. All in all it was a day of confusion. Intel sent shock waves through the market Tuesday Night with its surprise earnings and reports of increased demand, then came Wednesday morning with the Retail Report showing the second straight month of declining retail spending. This news will likely keep unemployment high and help weaken the economy. Then came the FOMC minutes yesterday afternoon and inside those minutes it was indicated that the FED revised their growth forecasts down to 3.0=to-3.5 percent (Down From 3.2-to-3.7 percent). It also gave a more cautious mood among the Fed policy makers in light of Europe's debt crisis, a volatile Wall Street, a stalled housing market and high unemployment. The Fed also revised its outlook in that it will be at least 5-to-6 years before we can see a normal economy again. If the Fed is now stating 5-to-6 years you can probabily consider 7--to-8 years is more realistic. The only shimmering light in this storm that is brewing is that companies spent more on computers last month.
Businesses helped drive the early stages of the recover last year by building up their stocks after slashing them during the recession. The worry now is that if consumer demand will falter and thus businesses will cut back . That could mean fewer orders to U.S. factories and weaker output from manufactures and if this happens expect more layoffs.
Above we have the chart of the SPY as of the close of the bell yesterday. We are still in the bear camp even though all the talking heads on CNBC are saying that this was just a minor correction over the last three months. We have drawn and shown the Left Shoulder, Head, Right Shoulder and Neck Line. The Right shoulder has pierced the neck line which is a very good sign for a head and shoulder pattern, what we see happening now is a second opportunity to look for an short entry. Currently we are heading into the 200ma as well as the 50ma (which the 50sma is being hit right now) for a longer term short position and have a stop above the June 21st high. Aggressive traders might want to take it short anywhere from the 200ma to the current close from yesterday. While conservative traders might want to short it under yesterday's low .
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As Expected - right into resistance. Expect a drop today - Trading High Probability.com 05.28.10Thursday, we wrote that we expected the market to lift a little bit and we should watch the SPX rise into the 1,116 area and the DOW to rise into the 10,350-10,400 before hitting some major resistance. At these levels the QQQQ will be right into its 135ma, the SPY & DIA will be poking its head just above the 200ma. Just because we have or will have rose above the 200ma doesn't mean that everything is fine again. Remember When drawing your resistance lines, draw them with a thick marker and not a fine line.
Above you will see the DIA, SPY, QQQQ coming into the dashed lines that represent their respective resistance levels ( the while trend line represents the 200ma, yellow represents 135ma, the cyan represents the 50ma and the purple represents the 20ma ).
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Trading High Probability.com 05.26.10 - 300 Point come back... but is it real ?Yesterday the market opened down over 220 points and kept falling to nearly 300 points past the 0% Fibonacci Retracement line. of $98.79 on the DIA as shown above. Once the market started rising back above the 0% line we took a position long and notified our Gold Subscribers of the trade idea that the reward was worth the risk to see if we can fill the gap. Not many people thought we would fill the gap today after being down 300 points right off the open. It took all day but we did it and took our trade off at the very end of the day for a VERY nice profit. Sure we could have left it to ride, but how do you give up a 1.82% gain in a matter of 6 hours. Its very hard to exit a trade. When it's a losing trade, traders are typically saying to themselves that the market will come back and everything will be fine, yet we know what happens when you break the rules. When their is a profit, traders get greedy and think they will hold on a little bit longer and again you should know by know what happens when you get greedy. We try to teach our subscribers to take profits when they present themselves.
Now what should we expect after today's price action ?
Even though we came back with vengeance yesterday, it doesn't mean all is clear. Remember what happened Friday. We warned you Sunday afternoon that we didn't see any reason that the market was ready to go higher and we know what happened on Monday. Now here we are again. As we right this newsletter the /YM (Dow Futures) were up 60 points. But the MACD over the last few days is telling us that a slight pop up may occur but the risk/reward is not showing any reason to take most of the trades that are presenting themselves to us. The situation with the European credit crisis is far from over, first it was Greece, now Spain could be next and then....
Europe is reporting that government spending will have a major cut and taxes will most likely rise. That will have a direct impact on GDP world wide.
Then you have the Case-Shiller reporting that between February thru March, home prices fell again 0.50%, that makes six straight moths of declines - a sign that the housing market is going in reverse and that the slump isn't over. Can anyone say "Double Dip" ?
Tomorrow believe it not might be a difficult day to trade. Most talking heads on CNBC believe its a great time to buy ( they thought that back in 2007, 2008 and gain this Month). The market has traveled 600 points in one day (300 down and 300 up). Because of the price action very few trades hit our scanners to give us a decent risk/reward ratio to make it worth while.
In summary, we wouldn't be surprised to see a slight bounce to the upside to fill the gap on the SPX to 1090-to-1116 before resuming its downtrend once again.
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My family (two adults and one 8 year old) will be spending Thanksgiving break in North Conway. We are looking for restaurant recommendations for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you in advance for your help!
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Stonehurst Manor in N Conway and Thompson House in Jackson. There are probably others and most require reservations.
I believe their menu's and prices are on the web sites.
The Eagle Mt House in Jackson also is serving a Thanksgiving meal.
We had dinner at the Thompson House Eatery in Jackson last year and it was wonderful! We are headed back this year...
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How about the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield? It would be a beautiful drive there/back to NC also.
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Bugs range from the tiny amoeba, which might be described as 'nearly an animal', to the amphioxus, or lancelet, which is 'nearly a fish'. In between are all the bugs that make a profound impact on our lives and our thoughts: earthworms, house and garden spiders, butterflies and moths, bees and wasps, winkles and shrimps. They act as ambassadors for the estimated 40,000 species of bug that live on or around Britain.
Bugs Brittanica, our nationwide survey of the small life of Britain, is concerned with the cultural story of the British and their wildlife; we are not exclusively concerned, like scientists, with what is objectively true.
Myths about insects and spiders survive in the form of children's stories and games. As part of that sudden, intense interest in the world around them, young children will still make a wish to the ladybird perched on the tip of a finger. They still watch intently as a slug or snail traces mysterious initials in the dust of an upturned dustbin lid, or entice a garden snail to put out its 'horns'. In May 2009, someone visiting the war cemeteries of the Western Front noticed a large number of Painted Lady butterflies flying over the graves, as though, as some imagine, they were the souls of the soldiers killed at Ypres and the Somme. Apparently we still believe that bees are virtuous and perpetually busy, that crabs are sour-natured and duplicitous, and that snails are prudent and thrifty – notions that have been held dear since the time of Aristotle.
During the putting together of Bugs Britannica, the bugs themselves took on new clothes; they became to us, as to many before us, not mere biological entities but beings with character – mirrors of human existence. They are, for all the ways they bother and disturb us, fellow citizens of a teeming and troubled world.
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Leslie Edmondson has not bled Blue all her life, but her heart was still heavy when Rich Brooks retired as football coach at the University of Kentucky on Monday.
"We were in Nashville (for the Music City Bowl) when the news broke that he was more than likely going to retire," said Edmondson, a teacher at Anderson County Middle School.
"Even knowing the chance was high, the thought was there that maybe he would change his mind."
Edmondson, who started watching the Wildcats when she and her husband, Nathan, were dating in 1999, expressed sentiments reflected those of many Wildcat fans. They saw Brooks as a bastion of integrity who turned a moribund program into one that competed for bowl bids and even upset the nation's top-ranked team, as it did with a win over LSU in 2007.
"Coach Brooks brought excitement back to the program along with respectability and integrity," Edmondson said in a message from her Facebook account. "He came to Kentucky when football was at a low; Kentucky had the reputation of being cheaters and not very good ones at that. He came in with a system of honor and hard work and brought it back to four straight bowl appearances with three of those being a win."
When Brooks came to probation-ridden Kentucky in 2003, he was widely seen as someone that UK hired after being unable to lure a big name – remember the flirtation with Bill Parcells? – to Lexington. Three years into his regime, few wanted him to stay. After four bowl bids for the first time in Kentucky football history, few wanted Brooks, 68, to leave.
As the now famous banner said, "In Papaw We Trust."
"Brooks is leaving the program in much better shape than he got it," said lifelong Wildcat fan Nick Cann. "From probation to four straight bowl games is incredible."
And along with that transformation, Brooks went from reviled to revered, even though he had a losing record at Kentucky. His 39 wins trails only Bear Bryant, Fran Curci and Jerry Claiborne in Lexington.
Yet, with the increased success came increased expectations. Some felt that, while Brooks had rejuvenated the program, he had taken it as far as he could.
"To be honest, I'm glad," said Wildcat fan Jeremy Turpin, who played football for a season at Anderson County High School. "I haven't really cared for him that much. I'm about half tired of playing in the Music City Bowl every year."
UK defeated Clemson and Florida State in the Music City in 2006 and 2007 before losing to Clemson on Dec. 27. The Wildcats defeated East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl in 2008.
Cann, a season-ticket holder who is an assistant coach for the girls' basketball team at Anderson County High School, believes the future is bright for UK football.
"I think it is a good time for (Brooks) to get out," he said. "Joker has put in his time and he deserves a shot at it."
Phillips drew the ire of many Wildcat fans after losses to South Carolina and Tennessee this year. "I think some of his late-game play calling has been questionable, but how much of that is his call and how much of that was Rich Brooks or (offensive coordinator-quarterbacks coach) Randy Sanders?
"I think he's proven he's a good recruiter, and when he's had offensive talent he sure looked like a good offensive coordinator. And if you look at the team this year, we started a true freshman (Morgan Newton) most of the year at quarterback, and we were able to move the ball and put some points on the board, despite not having a great set of wide receivers and a true freshman quarterback."
Turpin, a former running back and receiver, agrees. "I believe Joker Phillips can get us over the hump," he said. "I believe we will be playing in a bigger bowl within two years while Joker Phillips is coach."
Whether the Wildcats achieve that or not, one of Rich Brooks' biggest fans is already in Phillips' corner.
"As a coach, I think he will build on the integrity and respect that Brooks brought in while making the program his. I believe we will continue to see the same type of Kentucky football we are use to because he has been with Brooks for so long," said Edmondson, whose son, Bryce, has attended the Wildcat football camp the last two years.
"As a person, I had the opportunity to watch (Phillips) coach and interact with younger kids and can not say enough positive things about how he made each kid feel 10 feet tall. He emphasized character and honor; something I hope he carries over to his own team."
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Over the last 50 years, the rapid expansion of the chemical industry in both developed and developing worlds has resulted in the release of a plethora of xenobiotics (molecules foreign to biological systems) into the environment. Xenobiotics and other environmental factors such as radiation can act directly on male germ cells within the mature testis, leading to male infertility.
According to Dr Amit Patankar, Infertility Specialist (DNB DGO, MNA MS), Patankar Hospital Pvt Ltd Pune, "Over 12 to18 million couples in India are diagnosed with infertility every year. Out of which, male infertility is very much rampant with 50 per cent cases attributed to it. There are many factors lifestyle, genetics and physiology that might explain low sperm count, slow sperm mobility, abnormal sperm shape and many more.
Additionally, environment pollution such as vehicle emissions, industrial waste, and pesticides cause male infertility".
Urban stressful lives are causing hormonal imbalance in men, which in turn negatively affect fertility. Stress stimulates the pituitary to release prolactin, primarily a lactation hormone in females. This hormone in men has been implicated to reduce sperm count in males. A thyroid hormone imbalance also affects the sperm production thus rendering men sub fertile.
Opines Dr Amit Patankar, "Smoking, chronic alcohol and drug abuse, prolonged anabolic steroid use, faulty diet which is deficient in vital nutrients, increased intake of caffeine, lack of exercise and exposure to environmental toxins seriously affect the sperm quality and count in males".
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It was almost a foregone conclusion that Andy Acker would carry on the family tradition of practicing medicine. His mother is a pediatrician and his father, a plastic surgeon; his grandmother started her 60-year career in medicine in 1938. But with his biochemistry degree at Harvard University nearly complete and his medical-school applications in the mail, he made an important discovery while shadowing his father. "Blood doesn't agree with me," says Acker, 42.
Fortunately, he had a backup plan. A student of the markets since age 8—his early holdings ranged from Marvel Enterprises to burgeoning biotech companies—Acker went to work for Morgan Stanley, first in capital markets and then in the firm's venture-capital division. Later, he went back to Harvard, this time for business school. In 1999, the Long Island native moved to Denver to work for Janus covering biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, soon working his way up to portfolio manager.
Under his care since 2007, the $1.9 billion Janus Global Life Sciences fund (ticker: JFNAX) has gone up an average of 24% a year for the past five years, more than two percentage points a year better than other health-focused funds. "Ultimately, I decided that I could have more of an impact as an investor in the health-care industry than as an individual practicing physician," he says.
Andy Acker has a key goal of seeking firms with therapies that tap into a large unmet need. Ray Ng for Barron's
An overriding theme of the fund is to uncover therapies that tap into a large unmet need; many of Acker's investments are made prior to a drug launch. But while the sector continues to benefit from the aging of the population, growth in emerging markets, and new treatments from biotechnology, it's not without risks. So, as a preventative measure, he looks at the worst-case outcome if a company's most important pipeline drug fails. He adjusts exposure so that no single company event could affect the portfolio by more than 1% in a single day. He also insists that portfolio holdings—recently 85 stocks—are diversified across market values, subsectors, and three different types of investment opportunity.
Roughly half of the portfolio is in core growth opportunities—what Acker defines as dominant franchises with strong and improving market share. This group includes Johnson & Johnson jnj 0.3050063104753891% Johnson & Johnson U.S.: NYSE USD95.37 0.29 0.3050063104753891% /Date(1444424454570-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8126724 AFTER HOURS USD95.16 -0.21 -0.2201950298836112% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 132930 P/E Ratio 16.760984182776802 Market Cap 290435670725.638 Dividend Yield 3.1456432840515887% Rev. per Employee 580258 More quote details and news » (JNJ) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX). Under CEO J. Michael Pearson's leadership, Valeant has done more than 100 acquisitions, and adjusted profit margins have more than doubled, "He's brought an efficient model to an industry that's traditionally operated extremely inefficiently," says Acker.
Another 20% to 30% of the fund's holdings are in what Acker defines as emerging growth companies—those where a new product cycle can drive revenue and earnings acceleration. Though it's the world's leading maker of HIV medicine, Gilead Sciences GILD -0.1587144132526535% Gilead Sciences Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD100.65 -0.16 -0.1587144132526535% /Date(1444424400109-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8492139 AFTER HOURS USD100.57 -0.08 -0.07948335817188276% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 130024 P/E Ratio 10.561385099685205 Market Cap 147949352945.298 Dividend Yield 1.7088922006954794% Rev. per Employee 4077230 More quote details and news » (GILD) moved into this group after its 2012 acquisition of Pharmasset. It was a bold move on the part of Gilead, which paid $11 billion for Pharmasset when Solvaldi, its oral treatment for hepatitis C, was in Phase 2 clinical trials. The drug was approved late last year and accounted for nearly half of Gilead's sales in the first quarter of 2014. "We've been saying for a year that this would be the biggest single launch in the industry," says Acker, who owned both Gilead and Pharmasset prior to the acquisition. "This is almost the definition of an emerging growth company."
Acker allocates the remaining 20% to 30% of the fund to companies he believes are suffering from short-term market misperceptions. Several insurers were unduly punished leading up to the Affordable Care Act, he says, but investors remained particularly bearish about Aetna aet -0.3922999726302345% Aetna Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD109.18 -0.43 -0.3922999726302345% /Date(1444424426477-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1993252 AFTER HOURS USD109.18 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4826 P/E Ratio 16.542424242424243 Market Cap 38219690608.3301 Dividend Yield 0.9159186664224217% Rev. per Employee 1226400 More quote details and news » (AET). Acker bought the stock in 2012 when it was trading at a discount to other health-care companies. The consensus was that it was more vulnerable to reform, but "we thought it was more forward-thinking than other insurers," says Acker of the holding, up 69% since he initiated the position.
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Working with a team of five analysts, Acker narrows down the universe of relatively liquid global health-care companies— about 600 stocks—by screening for such factors as free cash flow and current valuations; ultimately, he looks to buy stocks trading at about a 25% discount to his estimation of intrinsic value.
THIS CORNER OF THE market is prone to volatility, but it's also one that is making major advances. "When I started in 1999, they were just beginning to sequence the human genome," says Acker, adding, "What cost $3 billion and took more than a decade can now be done in a couple of days, for a few thousand dollars." For patients, the result is more-targeted therapies. For investors, it translates to a larger universe of opportunities. "In the past three years alone, 96 new drugs were approved," he says. "That's 40% more than the average for the previous six years."
In addition to using statistical models to assess clinical data, Acker and his team attend dozens of medical conferences a year, pore over medical journals, and survey doctors around the country about the potential impact of new therapies. "Coming from a family of physicians has helped me understand the mind-set of doctors," says Acker, noting that the success or failure of a product launch isn't just about clinical trials but also how it's viewed by physicians, "who account for 80% of health-care spending decisions."
Investors often get things wrong, he says, by focusing too much on promising clinical data and not enough on the real-world implications. Innovation is important, but only insofar as physicians use it, patients see improvements, and insurers pay for it. "We call it the three Ps: physicians, patients, and payers," he says.
At the same time, it's not unusual for research on one therapy to lead to an investment in another. "Four years ago, we were talking to heart surgeons about a surgical antibiotic and ended up investing in a new artificial-heart pump," says Acker, referring to small-cap holding HeartWare International htwr -2.7766990291262137% Heartware International Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD50.07 -1.43 -2.7766990291262137% /Date(1444424400302-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 928649 AFTER HOURS USD50.07 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3224 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 891310459.136963 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 487875 More quote details and news » (HTWR). That discovery is just one of many examples showing why Acker considers investing in medicine as rewarding as practicing it. "I get to see what's on the cutting edge of science and medicine on a daily basis," he says. Only without the blood.
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